>> kimerly: this is a fox news alert. welcome to "hannity." i am kimberly guilfoyle, who -- we are alive until midnight awaiting the results of the montana special election. early results show with a tight race. last night greg gianforte report of slammed a reporter. >> make a decision about health care, the bill just came out. >> let me talk to you about that later. >> there's not going to be time. >> sick and tired of you guys. get the hell out of here.

get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with "the guardian"? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. you body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> kimerly: our very own alicia acuna witnessed the incident that you just heard. she joins us with the latest. you heard an altercation and then he said the last guy came in here did the same thing. what was he referring to? >> from what we understand, greg gianforte was referring to another reporter from "the guardian." i don't have details on what he was referring to specifically, if there were some other sort of disagreement between mr. gianforte and another reporter from "the guardian." from listening to interviews i've heard ben jacobs give from "the guardian" -- that was the person you heard there who had

his glasses broken. he said he didn't feel he had a personal issue with mr. gianforte, he had covered him, been to some campaign events. things like that but said he was just as surprised as we were. i was standing two, maybe 3 feet from the two men. >> kimerly: did anything happen after where they try to talk to you to see what statement you would give? where they tried to downplay it or anything? >> no one downplayed it. once ben jacobs laughed, mr. gianforte looked at the three of us standing there. me, our photographer and the filled producer and apologized. he apologized multiple times. and then his press guy shane left and came back and told us he didn't see the whole thing. he came in toward the end after everything had happened and we heard the noise. he asked us what it was we saw.

it could be a genuine question, him just asking, what did you see? it could have been to see what it was we were going to be reporting. i really can't say. i just know we had that exchange. then we were told that the sheriff's department had arrived and we needed to talk to the sergeant. >> kimerly: they released a statement that did not match up with your eye witness statements and observation by yourself, the cameraman, and the producer. >> it didn't match. we noticed that immediately. when that statement was release released, the photographer and the field producer and i were sitting in a witness interview room at that sheriff's department. we discussed how different it was from what we had seen. in the statement, and i don't have it in front of me right this minute, essentially the gianforte campaign was saying

that ben jacobs was much more aggressive in his approach when he was asking questions, that he was waving his recorder in gianforte's face and gianforte tried to grab the recorder and that's when he says ben jacobs tried to grab it and there was an exchange and went from there. i can tell you from standing right there, that's not what i saw. that's not what the photographer saw, the field producer saw. these are people who work at the fox news channel nf cover cover news for decades. none of us saw what was said in that statement. we haven't heard from him since. gianforte was scheduled to do a live interview today on the fox news channel. he canceled that. put out a statement saying they were canceling all national interviews. from what i understand, that's exactly what happened. there were other media outlets reporting that he also canceled with them. we are waiting for them to see if he's going to be here at

headquarters at bozeman. this is the watch party where he was scheduled to speak. we haven't been able to confirm that he will be here. >> kimberly: where do we stand in terms of election results coming in? there was early voting in those votes stanford results and returns are coming in now at this hour as well. >> they have the associated press next to me or they have 25% of the precincts reporting. 169 out of 681. right now they are within two points. right now greg gianforte is ahead to democrat rob quist, at 46%. before i came on with you i was talking to the director of elections for the secretary of state office for montana and he explained we are very early in the process. he is hoping to have some sort of finality by midnight mountain

time tonight if not sooner. we have a long way to go. however i must tell you that going into the event that happened yesterday, the general consensus was, and a lot of analysts were saying they expected gianforte to win. that he was going to hold on to the republican seat. it's interesting that it's so close but again it's early. >> kimberly: to remind the viewers, this was that seat held by ryan zinke who has an appointment with the trump administration. key seat for the republicans. they were hoping to retake it. it's unclear at this hour in terms of the tightness of the race whether or not those early voting returns are going to be enough to catapult gianforte into the seat but nevertheless he is still facing criminal charges from this allegation, the assaultive conduct that you personally witnessed. were going to be checking back with you, alicia. thank you for your reporting.

joining us now is former white house press secretary ari fleischer. developing news tonight in terms of the returns coming in. unfortunate situation when you see things like this. we spoke earlier in the previous hour. you would hope that people would have all the facts, the information. there is late breaking things can always happen in any election. we saw that in the presidential election in terms of the news cycle. that can impact the voters' decisions. with two-thirds having previously cast a vote that they are not able to change at this point, what do you think in terms of the ramifications? >> i live in new york state where there is no early voting, and i think frankly you are better off if there is no early voting. i know democrats enjoy it. they like it. they think if you don't have it, you are discriminating. i think you are giving the voters the full window in which to make their measurements. i like the new york system. every state is free to make its

own rules. two broader points, number one. i have sat through extra ordinarily tense times and pressure-filled times surrounded by the press corps. i don't care how much press or stress you are under, you don't do it greg gianforte did. it's wrong. you cannot get physical with reporters. you have to have the patience to put up with reporters, and they are aggressive. that's their job. in terms of will it affect the election. i get a strong feeling this is a lot like when donald trump made those remarks about john mccain being a prisoner of war and he doesn't like his people being captured. you're not a hero. everybody blew their head off. how can he say this? polling numbers are going to drop. in the public didn't see it that way. i have a gut feeling it's going to be the same thing here in montana, that journalists are reacting to this, as they should. they should defend their brethren. i don't think the public is going to share the sentiment. >> kimberly: do you think it's due in part to the fact that

there's been dissatisfaction. the poll numbers and terms of people believe there's a serious liberal bias. problems with the mainstream media on a specific ideological narrative, very against the trump administration, against the g.o.p. and republicans. when you see this type of situation where he's expressing this frustration, at this reporter. this is what you guys always do. there isn't a video of it although there is audio. maybe people are saying somebody stood up. enough is enough. not to condone this because it's out of line for it that can have that sort of impact where it doesn't penetrate in for someone to make a value change, choice to same not going to vote for somebody who did this. >> i think that's exactly right, and you cannot and should not ever do what greg gianforte did. it's wrong. does that disqualify you in the eyes of voters to hold a congressional seat? that's what we are going to find

out here. this is also where i think the reality is, and this is the problem one reporters are not held in a high regard by the country. reporters have created a situation where so many people don't trust them, don't like them. when something like this happens, there can be a sense of well, it was just a reporter. i hate that, somebody who enjoys working with reporters. but if he wins tonight, and there is no change in voter behavior, i do think it's akin to what trump said about mccain and voters have the sense of, it was wrong. he shouldn't have done it but it's not disqualifying. >> kimberly: how should the republicans handle it? if he's able to overcome this and win the election, what kind of statements should the g.o.p. make? and also the president of the united states? what do you do? >> greg gianforte needs to handle this. the idea that he might not show up at his own headquarters to give a speech, it is ludicrous.

he's the candidate. he has an obligation to show up. he needs to take it head-on, explained that it was a moment of high stress. he made a mistake, never should've done it. he should apologize personally to the reporter. he should apologize to the media outlet "the guardian" and his constituents if he selected. if he loses, apologized to the people of montana. republicans in washington should do something similar. him. what you did was wrong. you should never do that. they have no right in washington to sit in superior judgment to the voters of montana. if the voters in montana decide to send him, he is sent. people in washington need to respect it. if you do you make point about getting in front of it and owning it and saying i made a horrible mistake, and i'm ashamed of my behavior. it was unacceptable. i let myself down, my family, the voters in montana that deserve so much better. i want to pledge to you that i'm going to do something about it

and i'm deeply sorry. maybe anger management counseling. i don't know. he seems like he needs a crisis communication team stat. >> no, that's the last thing he needs. he needs to be himself and be sincere. >> kimberly: maybe somebody has to teach them. >> then it's not sincere, is it? the public can read you and see you and if they think it's a b.s. apology, they will never accept it. it's not credible. if he is genuinely remorseful, he doesn't need anybody to help him be remorseful. it should start with a phone call to the reporter before he even does anything publicly. >> kimberly: i don't know. really good, thoughtful, considerate, nonassaultive people would be sincere. they wouldn't engage in this to begin with. were going to say after -- see what happens. ari fleischer, always a gentleman and a pleasure to have you here tonight. >> thank you. >> kimberly: early results show the montana special election is a tight race.

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>> kimberly: this is a fox news alert. welcome back to "hannity." i am kimberly guilfoyle filling in for sean. early results in montana show is a tight race and were going to have updates it. first, the trump administration is about to get ready to go on offense. new report reads "west bengal officials are prepping for a year's worth long war with

investigators and the bureaucracy with plans to beef up medications and rapid response teams as part of a new normal." said they are getting "street fighters" ready to go. joining us now, anthony scaramucci. thanks for being with us today. street fighters, sounds like a video game. >> but not montana congressmen that hit people. >> kimberly: what do you make of this report? they've been able to break a couple big news stories. there's been a lot of discussion after this point about the administration needing some people with excellent communications skills, crisis communication management. especially now, in light of these allegations in discussion about russia and leaks. >> i think it's the right thing to do. even go back 25 years ago, there was a 24-hour war room the clintons put together during the

campaign. i think the president is trying to prosecute, execute his agenda. it's been overwhelming, the negativity for the media. saying 88% of the stories are negative. it's a high level of unfairness and subjectivity. the president is probably coming, and his team coming up with a different strategy. they need to have a counter narrative offensive coming out of the white house. the president is using twitter. some people think that's effective. some people may not. i thought it was effective during the campaign, still seems to be effective to me in terms of reaching the base but i think he has to counteract what's going on in the mainstream media narrative. this could be a good idea. it will be interesting to see who he put in those positions. >> kimberly: who would you suggest in terms of, you know, putting in people you trust, loyalty of the president and also understanding they've been

successful in the past at working with the media counteract some of these stories. getting hit with a disproportionate number of negative stories and a tremendous amount of leaks, much more than we sow with the obama administration and the bush administration. >> he can go to anybody. cory lewandowski, brian lanza, jason miller, he may go to those guys, made go to a new group of people. if he calls, people are going to be responsive. he's the president. he has a whole tape team of people that helped bring him in the white house that he has an enormous amount of respect for any trust. i think some combination of those men and women are there and ready to serve him. i think the most unique thing about what's going on right now is that he's a disruptive change agent and that swamp has a very

intense immunological system. they don't want him in there, they are trying to reject him in every way they can. it will be interesting to see what happens. >> kimberly: you think this is something he can turn around and relatively short order with the right people in place? >> last week we did the sold conference at skybridge. we did a survey. we had a collection of different people. universally, at the table, every person more or less said they thought the president could correct this. he's got a big opportunity to control the narrative, one great thing about the presidency, it sets the news cycle every day. he's a great communicator and people genuinely like the president. that's one short year ago i was in albuquerque, new mexico, with him. 8,000 people in the civic center, 9,000 people waiting outside. he is going to iowa in the next five or ten days.

there will be thousands of people there to greet him. he's a leg guy and he needs to get a hold of what he wants to fan a daily basis, start pushing back aggressively. >> kimberly: coming back this weekend. on the heels of a very successful trip in terms of his meetings he's had with world leaders. he's talked about the presidents interpersonal skills. we've seen him, to great measure of success come in terms of sitting down with them one-on-one like we saw with the president of china, having the relationships and being able to make it work. >> i think he's a wonderful representative of the american people. think of what he did. he got to the middle east. he's letting people know the axis is going to shift back to the sunnis and israelis pretty powerful for us the terms of the balance of power. then he's in rome talking to a remarkably one of the most powerful people in the world who doesn't have an army. remember what john paul ii did with ronald reagan. hopefully the relationship can

develop. then he is at nato and recognizes that while there are challenges to nato, there's a way to re-engineer nato and make it for the modern era, not dealing with the cold war situation that was its original premise but dealing with what we have to do now, counteract terrorism and evil. that was an effective situation for him. >> kimberly: what about the consistency of the message with the president telling people they have to pay their fair share to other member nations because they enjoy the benefit of the relationship with the united states and our help financially, militarily. some people thought this is a strong message he gave. what do you think? 's ago i think history will reflect very well on him for this. some presidents -- historians will say you had an american businessman in place. there was a deal at the table. some of the western european politicians walked away from the deal with the president of the united states brought them back to the table. my guess is you will see a rise in defense spending on the gdp

side as a percentage. give him credit for that very >> kimberly: he was very well received. breaking news reports tonight about jared kushner, some allegations terms of the fbi looking at him with respect to the russia story. what do you make of it? >> i think it's a whole lot of nothing. i think jared has been willing to go before the congress and talk about it. there's different qualifications. people say you are a person of interest, it's very, very different from him being a potential suspect in the case. >> kimberly: or a target. >> the president trusts jared. i know them well. he's an extremely intelligent guy and a very ethical person may think my money is on jared that he handles this well. in the transition, what some of the things these guys need to do. outreach from around the world. i don't think he did anything

wrong. i wasn't in those meetings, but my guess is he will come out of this just fine. he did express a willingness several months ago to go before the congress and testify. my money's on him. >> kimberly: he is cooperating. don't think he has anything died. >> i don't think he has anything to hide. what's happening in washington, it's disappointing because it's a constant investigation, conspiracy, industrial complex from going to run these investigations on the president for the next eight years and it's smart for him to put a crisis management team together. bring lawyers in that he trusts to help him, to rebut the arguments. i think things are going to get better. >> kimberly: sounds like some important and necessary changes are going to be made to the president can focus on his policies and his agenda and his platform. >> i think he enjoys being president. i think he enjoyed the fanfare of the trips, meeting those people. representing the american people who i know he loves.

>> kimberly: fantastic. anthony scaramucci, thanks for being with us. it's a tight race in the montana special election for and we are following the results. president trump tells nato members is time for them to pay their fair share. charlie hurt and jessica tarr lover here next. -- tarlov. vans for professionals. strictly professionals. best commercial van residual value according to alg and starting at just $25,995. mercedes-benz. vans. born to run. hey, need fast try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. try cool mint zantac.

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>> kimberly: this is a fox news alert. it's a tight race in the montana

special election. so far, according to the associated press, 35% of the precincts are reporting and in. here now, our fox news contributors charlie hurt and jessica tarlov. it's a tight race, jessica. we have 35% in so far. gianforte is ahead. >> he should be ahead based on the early vote percentages. as we talked about in the previous hour, 65% of early votes came in and favored him greatly. now they are predicting a single digit win for him as opposed to double digits. it would be a good night for democrats. it's something they would go out there and fund raise about. they talk about the resistance, how it's working and beating down republican strength. that would be the silver lining. >> kimberly: charlie, i wonder what that would be also tricky to do in terms of did people

split? single digit win, did people flip and vote for the democrat? strong likely republican voters or was there attrition where people did not show up wet early voted? >> i'm not sure how democrats will be able to spin this as a positive thing if they lose because it's not even a mentor. it's the midterm of a midterm sort of election. and you have, the left is very vocal right now. they are very energized. they hate donald trump. the resistance movement is a very real. they are raising money. if they can't win. obviously montana is a pretty republican state but it's not totally hostile to democrats. democrats can win there, and if they can't win in this environment when there is so much vitriol towards donald trump and republicans right now, they are facing

serious problems in these town hall meetings about the trumpcare, ryan cara, whatever you want to call it. they can't make a mark, and electoral win in this environment, even in montana, i think that stiles real trouble for this resistance movement translating into anything at the polls. >> what do you make that democrats picked up two seats in new hampshire and new york? we have the jon ossoff race coming up. $10 million pumped into that. i'm not sure what's going to happen but i think we need to focus that we are talking about montana. it's montana. >> and with jon ossoff, we are talking about georgia. those are the places where democrats are going to have to make inroads into red states in order to pick up victories.

look at the press every day. the stories being reported. the hostility towards donald trump and republicans right now, i've never seen it in my lifetime of covering politics. it's insane. the fact that they can't -- democrats are going to have to translate this into victories in places like georgia and montana. with this much wind at their backs, if they can't, i think that spells a real problem. >> saying basically should be operating at an advantage, given the climate. >> the approval ratings. >> kimberly: mainstream media is operating like a super pac. you should be up all day and night in vegas winning. what's going on with your party? >> we have to go midnight to 1:00 a.m. if we go through that. there's a lot to cover.

i think the winds from earlier this week are meaningful. we will see what happens. they are during the summer of resistance with the dnc and funding. if we can't translate it into wins. during the obama years, we lost seats under a tremendously popular president. but i believe that if republicans man up and warm it up and start having town halls and they get the blowback from trumpcare, the travel ban was struck down again. it's going to be a major point of contention. you have the budget. people saying why are you putting $1.6 billion towards the wall when you're cutting medicaid? it's going to be an issue for g.o.p. senators. i don't think all hope is lost. major tax reform, depending how that goes. what's the best strategy for the

republicans? they can't take any of these races for granted. that democrats have been prolific in terms of fundraising and the get out the vote operations on the ground. speaker absolutely. i realize i am a lone voice on this but i believe it. i think one of their best strategies is, they have to get tax reform. they have to have a victory, an electoral victory. if the republican plan to replace obamacare fails, i don't think that's all bad because next year, if we go into the elections with obamacare still in place collapsing and you have a very good messenger like donald trump, and if republicans follow suit and make the case that look, this is a plan that democrats gave you. it's a disaster. it failed, and when we try to fix it, and not a single one

lifted a finger to help us. i think that gives republicans a tremendous advantage on an issue that is usually a winner for democrats. >> what about the popularity of obamacare climbing as this conversation intensifies? the more details americans get about what republicans are offering, the more they like obamacare. i agree democrats need to help out here. increased competition and drive down prices. >> kimberly: but obamacare is going to fail. >> donald trump better not let it happen because voters depend on it. >> jessica, you make a crucial point. the more people talk about the republican plan, the republican plan is terrible. it was half of obamacare. nobody in their right mind. of course when you start talking about that, yes, it does make obamacare look more popular. that's why if it fails, i think

it's a tremendous plus for republicans. >> kimberly: have to have competitions across state lines. going up, early results show it's neck and neck in the montana special election. president trump meets with nato members. when you have something you love,

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>> kimberly: this is a fox news alert. welcome back to "hannity." i am kimberly guilfoyle filling in for sean. we are awaiting the results in the montana special election. early results show the race remains tight. alicia acuna joins us from bozeman, montana, . >> now with 43% of the precincts reporting, it looks like republican greg gianforte is ahead by six points. however, i should note that in talking to the director of elections for the secretary of state's office for montana, he said it was still very early in the nights. we have a number of counties that are still delivering the results and they divvied up different ways. some of the counties hand-deliver their results. some upload them into the electronic reporting system and then the website is updated every 5 minutes. you are seeing some results coming in in big chunks. then you get a little bit of a slow down as we have to wait for

more. i did just hear, we all heard a cheer go up when it came out. 6% is the farthest those two candidates have been this evening. of course, the gianforte campaign is hoping it continues on the trend, especially when you consider he is facing an assault charge with the incident yesterday. we still don't know, haven't been able to confirm whether or not gianforte is scheduled to appear tonight and he was originally on the press release that was sent to all of us, however we have not heard back from his press guy or the campaign any way whatsoever. a lot of folks here saying they are having a tough time as well. it's going to be a long night. secretary of state's office telling us midnight mountain time is when they hope to have final results. could be earlier. >> kimberly: we will get back to you when you have another update.

6%, that's the largest margin, gianforte and the lead over the challenger quest. today president trump was in brussels meeting with european leaders of the new nato headquarters where he called on our allies, the military alliance, to start paying their fair share. watch this. >> i have been very, very direct with secretary and members of the alliance in saying that nato members must contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations. 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they are supposed to be paying for their defense. this is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the united states and many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years and not

paying in those past years. >> kimberly: here with reaction is american conservative union chairman matt schlapp. thanks for staying up with me and staying up with america. i want to talk about the president's remarks at nato. important, calling them out to their face, being very transparent and saying listen, you want to enjoy the benefits of this organization and make it an alliance that matters, you've got to stand with the united states financially as well. >> obviously, as a patriotic american, of course i support everyone paying their fair shar share. kimberly, look. he did not reinforce article five which said an attack on one nation is an attack on all of u us. nations in the baltics are worried about russia. doesn't send a good message to our allies around the world.

i would have preferred the president to have been positive and assertive about the central alliance in american democratic life which is the nato alliance. while the president was right to ask for the money, he would've done better for the united states being more positive and asserted the role of article five. >> kimberly: the president, jerry maguire, show me the money. maybe he left out the important part of article five, the security to know that the united states isn't just going to take the money. they will stand with them. >> he didn't get into the legal legal-ese but that these are important relationships. important for him to not be two-faced about the issue of them paying their fair share. this is a big shift in how america engages its allies and the world. we are not going to be cavalier

about the fact that the american taxpayer can always pick up the tab or the american economy can shed jobs because of strategic relationships around the globe. he is a champion for the american taxpayer and the american worker. i think it comes with some awkward moments. there was a lot of awkward moments it seemed like come at these events. i think the american people are okay with it. >> kimberly: i think they are going to have to be. so to speak. he was consistent, to me, at least in terms of the campaign as candidate trump to say they're going to have to pay their fair share. really questioning the benefit of nato. he did come out there and essentially supported and say if you want us to be all in, we need to know that you've got skin in the game too. >> i would have preferred a more positive, assertive speech about the role of nato, about article five, which with all due respect, matt, it's not legal- legal-ese but it's the core of

the relationship central to ou democratic values. candidly, i think it left a lot to be desired. as a patriotic american, it's not that i'm angry, but i'm sad that we did not assert in a more positive and constructive role the 28 nations that i think are the core of our defense. >> kimberly: what about the messaging in terms of the rest of the president's trip? >> all great. i was proud of what he did in saudi arabia, proud of the speech. proud of how he got rid of much of the obama doctrine which i thought was harmful. i say this as a democrat who is nonpartisan. we have to be pro-nato, pro-american values. that's my part of what the president did was great, others disappointing. >> this has been a great trip, came at a great time for the president. i think he enjoyed playing this role of diplomat, representing our values overseas. he was true to his word about

the type of leader he wants to be. i think there are images and messages coming out of the trip that are going to transform america's relationship with key regions and i'm pretty excited. >> kimberly: it was a compelling trip, well executed. seeing him in israel, saudi arabia, and then with the pontiff. very important. >> how about melania? melania did a great job. >> kimberly: she smashed it. great first lady. it's a close race in montana. we will have the latest. stay with us. handling the unexpected ... ...doesn't happen by accident.

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his >> kimberly: this is a fox news alert. it's a very close race in the montana special election. greg gianforte is leading with less than 50% of the vote in. joining us with reaction is

former spokesman for the u.s., ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor mercedes schlapp. breaking news tonight. this race is very tight with late-breaking details. rick, as we've mentioned, two-thirds of the building had already occurred with early voting. controversy about whether or not there should be early voting. democrats are usually for that. i wonder how they feel tonight. >> yeah, this is one specific case where the democrats should have not pushed for early voting. they shouldn't have absentee voting campaigns and they might have benefited. i think in the end, gianforte is going to pull this out. i go back to the fact that we haven't heard from him. this is problematic when you have multiple witnesses talking about physical violence. i get that reporters are not very popular right now.

aggressive reporters certainly, even more so. but for me this crosses the line into physical violence. when you have three witnesses, who all happen to be fox news reporters, i think it's a game-changer. this is a problem for the republicans and i think that when, if gianforte wins and goes to washington, i think it's going to be a problem for them and paul ryan. >> kimberly: what do they do? make a statement? it's a very touchy subject. >> they should take something. they should come out to be very clear about violence is never acceptable. >> kimberly: mercedes. >> speaker paul ryan said that gianforte should apologize. i think what would be a good point for the candidate to make tonight if he were to end or not win. but i believe he will be

victorious. come out and say look, i'm sorry. what i did was wrong to basically assaulted this reporter. if he could come out straightforward to the montana voters in the american people, i think that would really save face a lot for him. i think from what we are seeing right now, based on the numbers and the information, it looks like gianforte is -- should win. we looked at the yellowstone county. it is clear based on those margins alone and looks very favorable to him. i think the house members will, you know, make a statement. they have made a statement already. at this point, he doesn't need any more bad situations following him to washington. >> kimberly: most certainly pretty wonder, ric, he didn't get out in front of it and make an apology right away. sometimes, as my son says, sorry isn't good enough.

a situation like this. >> let's be clear. he hasn't apologized at all. >> kimberly: right, that's the problem. is it too late? >> look, who knows what he's thinking right now but that's my whole point. the american public, we are all very forgiving for people who are human, who make mistakes. i certainly make mistakes on a daily basis but you have to have the humility to be able to say man, i just really messed up. we haven't heard that. no one is in the position of forgiving because he hasn't asked for any forgiveness yet. >> kimberly: mercedes, thinking about the president coming home from a very successful trip overseas and you have the taint of this association. if this be 27 is to prevail. >> for republicans, every small time there's a special election, there's this anticipation of what's going to happen?

there waiting to see what direction the elections are taking because they're wanting to see if the trump effect is impacting these local races. i think what you are finding is that the republicans are holding ground pretty well, and i think the democrats have failed to produce a effective message. they are running on resisting and not solving problems. i think americans want to see democrats working with president trump and the republicans to solve the nation's problems. their resistance messages limiting edit only plays to the liberal base. at the end, it hurts the democrats. i think the republicans have the task of governing. pushing the president's agenda. >> kimberly: ric, final thoughts. >> i think whatever happens here in this race, it's going to be a problem going forward. we are going to be watching what he does, what he apologizes for.

he's certainly going to have to face the legal consequences. that's not over. >> kimberly: let's see if he pulls off a win tonight. he is six percentage points ahead right now in the polls and unfortunately that's all the time we have left. thank you, ric and mercedes. i will be filling in for sean tomorrow night. he will be back on tuesday. tune in to "the five" as well. from new york city, good night. are allergies holding you back?

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